The Desert Rats (1953)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Desert Rats |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Screenplay | |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
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| Swedish release | 1953-08-03 |
Cast
Richard Burton
kapten "Tammy" MacRoberts
James Mason
fältmarskalk Erwin Rommel
Robert Newton
Tom Bartlett
Titles
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
| Production Designer | |
| Film Editor | |
| Production Mixer | |
| Assistant Director |
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| Technical Advisor |
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| Special Photographic Effects | |
| Orchestration |
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| Musical Director | |
| Set Decorator | |
| Costume Designer |
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| Make-up Supervisor | |
| Stunt |
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Cast
| Richard Burton | kapten "Tammy" MacRoberts | ||
| James Mason | fältmarskalk Erwin Rommel | ||
| Robert Newton | Tom Bartlett | ||
| Robert Douglas | general | ||
| Torin Thatcher | överste Barney White | ||
| Chips Rafferty | sergeant "Blue" Smith | ||
| Charles "Bud" Tingwell (as Charles Tingwell) | löjtant Harry Carstairs | ||
| Charles Davis | Pete | ||
| Ben Wright | Mick | ||
| - | Ej krediterade: | ||
| James Liburn | förbindelseofficer | ||
| John O'Malley | Riley | ||
| Ray Harden | Hugh | ||
| John Alderson | korpral | ||
| Ashley Cowan | korpral | ||
| Richard Peel | Rusty | ||
| Michael Pate | kapten Currie | ||
| Guy Prescott (as Frank Pulaski) | major O'Rourke | ||
| Charles Keane | sergeant Donaldson | ||
| Patrick O'Moore (as Pat O'Moore) | Jim | ||
| ngTrevor Constable | Ginger | ||
| Albert Taylor | Jensen | ||
| John Wengraf | tysk läkare | ||
| Arno Frey | Kramm | ||
| Alfred Zeisler | von Helmholtz | ||
| Charles B. Fitzsimons | brandman | ||
| Noel Drayton | kapten | ||
| Gilchrist Stuart | kapten | ||
| Gavin Muir | kapten | ||
| Gene Darrell | australier | ||
| Arthur D. Gilmour | australier | ||
| Nicolas Coster (as Nick Coster) | sjukvårdare | ||
| Frederick Stevens | tysk major | ||
| Otto Reichow | skytt | ||
| Jerry Riggio | kommandosoldat | ||
| Frank Chase | kommandosoldat | ||
| Frederic Brunn (as Frederick Brune) | tysk skytt | ||
| John Blackburn | sergeant | ||
| John Fraser | artillerist | ||
| Tony Christian | tysk vakt | ||
| Robert Boon | tysk löjtnant | ||
| Per Skavlan | tysk vakt | ||
| Paul Busch (as Paul V. Busch) | tysk ordonnans | ||
| Harold Dyrenforth (as Harald Dyrenforth) | observatör | ||
| Lester Matthews | utrikesminister | ||
| Jack Raine | C.I.C. | ||
| Clyde Morris | brittisk förbindelseofficer | ||
| Peter Ortiz | telearbetare | ||
| Paul Cavanagh | överste | ||
| Michael Rennie | speaker (röst) |
Companies
| Production Company | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | ||
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| Copyright | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | 1953-05-06 | LP2605 |
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | AB Fox Film | 1953 | |
| Distributor in Sweden (DVD) | Soul Media | 2012 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 82507 |
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| Date | 1953-07-08 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 2420 meters |
| Notes | Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Western Electric Recording |
| Colour type | Black and white |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 2413 meter |
| Length in minutes | 88 min |
| Reels | 10 reels |
Production location
| 1952-11-11 | 1952-12 | |||||
| Borrego Springs, Kalifornien | USA | |||||
| Palm Springs, Kalifornien | USA | |||||
| San Diego, Kalifornien | USA |
Release dates
| First showing | 1953-05-06 | Los Angeles, Kalifornien | USA | 88 min | ||
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| Other showing | 1953-05-08 | New York City, New York | USA | 88 min | ||
| 1953-05-20 | USA | 88 min | (US release) | |||
| Release in Sweden | 1953-08-03 | Park | Stockholm | Sweden | 88 min | |
| TV showing | 2003-03-07 | TV4 | Sweden | 85 min | ||
| 2003-07-19 | TV4 | Sweden | 85 min | |||
| DVD release | 2012-07-18 | Sweden |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Waltzing Matilda | |
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| Lyrics | Banjo Paterson | (1895) |
| Original title | Greensleeves |
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| Original title | The Campbells Are Coming |
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Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Cutting continuity |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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